“You are determined? Perfectly? She hasn’t a cent.”
“I’m nothing of the sort. She won’t have me.”
“You’ve asked her?”
He nodded. No use not giving her the whole lay of the land, if she was to work her wits on it to advantage. But he wasn’t going to dwell on that part of it.
“When?”
“What’s that to do with it?”
“Probably everything. You answer; I’ll do the asking. When?”
“Plenty of times,” he muttered viciously.
“Since she’s seen so much of Sên King-lo?”
“Sên King-lo be blowed! I tell you he has nothing to do with it.”